Hazards of Electricity and Static Electricity

Part of the "BP Process Safety Series", uses lessons from the past to ensure safer working operations in the future. It contains prescriptive advice, based on sound principles and engineering judgement and is illustrated by lessons from history, where these principles were not fully understood or complied with. Essential reading for designers, engineers and technicians. This new edition includes a section on arc flash and blast hazards and two new incident descriptions covering storage tank filling hazards and lighting hazards.